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Greenwich Royal Astronomers

Men with vision who have left there mark on history

 

1675 - 1719

1720 - 1742 (discoverer of the famous comet)

James Bradley 1742 - 1762

Nathaniel Bliss 1762 - 1764

Nevil Maskelyne 1765 - 1811

John Pond 1811 - 1835

Sir George Biddell Airy 1835 - 1881 (the man who define today's Prime Meridian)

Sir William Christie 1881 - 1910

Sir Frank Dyson 1910 - 1933

Sir Harold Spencer Jones 1933 - 1955

Sir Richard Woolley 1956 - 1971

Sir Martin Ryle 1972 - 1982

Sir Francis Graham Smith 1982 - 1990

Arnold Wolfendale 1991 - 

 

 

The Old Observatory

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Monarchs - Astronomers - Visitors - Sailors

Architects: Jones | Wren | Hawksmoor | Vanbrugh

Authors: Shakespeare | Dickens | Johnson | Masefield | Pepys

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